Have a Havobator 1588 for now. Looking to incubate a couple emu eggs. Anyone have experiance with hatching emu eggs in a havobator this size.? Thanks in advance
10' x 20' with lots of cover, (tree branches), have a trio of red goldens in there now. was thinking of maybe putting a few quail of some sort in there.
Just wondering if any one has an estimate of how many pounds of feed it takes to get a rooster ringneck pheasant to 6 months of age? Also what is an estimate on the current price of pheasant feed?
So bought a pair of Muscovy ducks today. First time I have had muscovies. Just thinking ahead for next spring, but how hard is it to incubate and hatch muscovy eggs?? Read a blurp on the net somewhere saying that once you pick an egg the muscovy duck will move her nest to a new spot, is that...
Not really a lot of profit in selling pheasant meat. First you need to find a market you is willing to buy pheasant meat, then you need to process it and sell it.
Not sure how much meat you would get from a Jumbo Ring Neck. But for a regular ringneck you get around 2-3 lbs. & where I work (at a game processing locker). We get $20 for a cleaned, smoked and packaged Ringneck Pheasant.
Have 8 young hens who are just starting to lay. Went out to get eggs yesterday, had 5 eggs 1 eaten and 1 pecked. Any suggestions on what to do or what I am doing wrong.
We have 8 hens, & 3 nest boxes, & 1 golfball in each nest box.
Ok, so the next question is: I live in South Dakota, if it starts to get cold and wintery about the time they are supposed to start laying will they lay or wait until next spring to start? And one more question: do they lay their eggs in a nest box, or just where ever they please. They do not go...
I have 4 young production reds and 4 young ameraucanas, about 4 months old. Out of the 8 hens 1 production red hen says out in the pen and sleeps in a dog house I have in the pen for the ducks (that they dont use), while the other 7 roost in the coop. Also when I feed them all of the chickens...
New to ducks and just got 3 Indian Runner Ducklings. For a duck house how steep of a ramp will they walk up to get into house? The lower to the ground the better? Also what do you use for nest boxes for Indian runners? And are they set on the floor of the duck house? How tall of a fence to you...